• GiantSpoonWielder@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    “The Soviet Union became so paranoid about a nuclear attack that it developed a doomsday strategy called Perimeter — known in the West as Dead Hand, because it would have led to mutually assured destruction.”

    It’s not paranoia if there’s a nuclear armed imperialist power constantly threatening nuclear war while actually positioning fast deployment nuclear weapons as close as possible to your borders.